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Livin' La Vida Loca

Ricky Martin · 1999

Livin' La Vida Loca by Ricky Martin (1999) — selected for the English-through-music catalog. Use the sing-along prompts and exercises to drill pronunciation, vocabulary, and listening comprehension.

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Sing with the chorus

  • Livin' la vida loca
  • Her lips are devil red
  • And her skin's the color mocha
  • She will wear you out

Sing it again — final chorus

  • Livin' la vida loca
  • Come on!
  • Livin' la vida loca
  • She's livin' la vida loca

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Black cats anddolls

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Newin the candlelight

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

She'sla vida loca

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

In acheap hotel

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Shedrinks the water and

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Yeah,make you go insane

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

She's into superstitions

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

She's into new sensations

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

She's livin' la vida loca

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

She will wear you out

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

She never drinks the water and

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Black ? and voodoo dolls

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

For ? day and night

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Her ? are devil red

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

She ? my heart, and she took my money

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Yeah, ? make you go insane

Exercise 17

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 18

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 19

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 20

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 21

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 22

How many times do you hear the word "vida" in the whole song?

"vida"

Exercise 23

How many times do you hear the word "loca" in the whole song?

"loca"

Exercise 24

Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:

  • She's into superstitions
  • Upside, inside out
  • Woke up in New York City

Exercise 25

And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:

  • Black cats and voodoo dolls
  • Her lips are devil red
  • She's livin' la vida loca

Exercise 26

Which single word from this song do you think carries the most emotional weight, and why?

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Exercise 27

"Livin' La Vida Loca" was released in 1999. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

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Exercise 28

Imagine you are making a short film with "Livin' La Vida Loca" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?

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Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • she's
  • gonna
  • you've
  • you'll
  • gotta

Exercise 30

What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "Livin' La Vida Loca" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.

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